The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-07-07

1887.
enough for our home battery Frank
Minis and Fred Cole. A large crowd
witnessed the game Below is the
score
Innings. 2 3 4 Sc 789
Gate City. 21O6411 *-34
Cow Boys ........ O 600 2 o S-12
Pitchers Minis and Bradshaw.
Time OF game-2:25
Umpire
THE CAVALRY DRILL.
The exhibition drill by the Skandi-
navian cavalry north of the school house
drew large crowd Evolutions were
gone through with which showed skill
on the part of the manager of the cav
airy. The following members belong
to the company: Capt Worum, N. NJ.
jacobson, Filing Opsal, G. Satrang, 0.
R. Isackson, Peder Gaalaas, Geo. Olson,
ED Hanson, Ole Aas, A. G. Myrell, Jno.
BergstrOm, Hans Saterbo, Otto Leo
pOld, Jas. Wensland.
LATER ON.
In the mems foot race Will Wallace
took first money; Will Richardson, sec
ond; Andrew Mahoney, third.
In the sack race Will Wallace took
first money; viii Richardson, second,
In the wheelbarrow race Will Rich
ardson took first money; Will Wallace,
second
IN THE EVENING.
Toward evening the bowery dancers
were getting in their work, which
had been we'll patronized the entire af-
ternoon. This bowery dance was
great drawing card for the young
couples from the surrounding country.
After supper Col. Plummer and Dele
gate Clifford favored the crowd from
the band stand with a couple of i'm
promptu division speeches.
The display of fireworks commenced
about o'clock and lasted fully two
hours. Brilliant rockets shot skyward
to astonishing heights. Balloons sailed
upward emitting colored lights and
shades that were truly fascinating.
Showers of sparks of variegated hues
were sent up, while at the same time
there was continuous popping Of fire.
crackers and bombs, and the general
hubbub always predominant on the
night Of the Fourth, The different
swings went round and round to the
music of joyous laughter. The dance
i'll the bowery continued in its high rev.
elry, and everybody was excelling high
in moonlight enjoyment
Not until nearly three o'clock the
next morning did the dance break up.
But at this time the merry dancers be-
gan to get languid, and the weary
strains of the fiddler died out suddenly;
the crowd grew less, the bright lights
flickersd out, and away towards morn
ing the only sounds that could be heard
were the faint pop Of a cracker and the
weak yell of someone who never knows
when he has enough. Thus ended the
greatest blowout on the Fourth of July
Canton ever experienced. If a large
crowd, fine speeches, glaring parades,
excellent amusements, good music and
glorious day constitute prize cele-
bration-we had it.
NOTES.
The swings were an important fea-
ture in the amusement line during the
day, and by the way the young people
rode Ground the world twenty times for
! five cents" the proprietors did lucra-
tive business.
"No baby, no smoke!" That was the
! cry of Maria. If aperson can't knock
down two or three wooden dolls with
baseball on the Fourth he does not
come up to the standard celebrationist.
A couple of these fakes were running
all day. And then there was the
amusing and laborious exercise of
practicing Oh the striking machine. If
person had to do this kind of work.
swinging aloof a huge sledge hammer
and pounding a striking machine at in
tervals, and paying for the privilege of
doing the same-why, he would kick
most energetically. But this is world
of conundrums, anyway. ..
One ludicrous incident happened on
this eventful day. Two ladies were
walking up to the baseball park to wit
| ness tha game and when nearly there
loose board in the sidewalk Topped up
and caused the ladies to assume a pray
ing position. Then the air presented
feminine blue. If this board had been
a hen-pecked husband it would have
been toothless and hairless in a very
short period, One of the ladies grabbed
the board and threw it afar off, and
then looked daggers at beautiful Can
ton the balance of the afternoon.
There were very few drunks during
the day. One man was measly enough
to make practice of throwing fire.
crackers among the women.
In the evening, when the hoquets of
aparks were being exhibited and the
| ::NY rockets were climbing heayenWard,
a loving couple were entwined in each
others arms ON rustic seat. Every
time a rocket would make a journey
the young man would increase in We
locity of Fourth of July expressions,
accompanied by an exta squeeze. A
huge tirecracker was placed under the
seat, and when it went off the young
man went up. They apparently
thought the Charlestown earthquake
had broke out again, for they were new
er seen after the catastrophe.
A remarkable attraction at the bow
cry dance in the evening was the utter
indifference displayed on the part of
the dancers to the outside world. If
it was necessary to do asong-and-dance
act on the corner, itwould be done; and
in the festive quadrille and may waltz
there were no conceptions of hMgging